The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
THE p1EF1cuLrY SOLVED.

THE DIFFICULTY SOLVED.
But I have solved the difficulty now.
Last year, determined to be worried no
longer, I adopted one kind of hive and
only one, and had them all made by ma
chinery and from well.seasoned lumber,
transferring all the old to the new hives.
This year 1 have had no trouble. What.
ever frame or box or hive I pick up, it
always fits where I want it to 60.
SIMPLICITY HIVE.
What have odopted is the Langstroth
hive in its simplest form, modified to suit
recent discoveries and inventions. More
properly speaking, I have adopted the
Langstroth frame as being more nearly
adapted to the wants of the bee in our
climate, and as being more easily handled
than larger or longer and deeper frames,
wish;a house or.shell, so to speak, to hold
the frames, on the general principle as
recommended by Laugstroth in the
simplest form of his hives. Not that
this style is any better, but solely because
of its cheapness. This is called the Sim.
plicity hive, and is now made by Mr.. A..
J. Root, of Medina, Ohio, who runs 8
large bee hive mandatory and apiarian
supply store. All the internal arrange
meds, under all circumstances, I buy
from him, for, being made from seasoned
timber and by machinery specially con-
structed for the business, and in large
quantity, every part fits to the smallest
fraction of an inch. The hive proper I
buy from him, or make myself, to suit
some of my own notions. In case I
make them myself, I use one or two
supers with frames of half the usual
depth for reasons which it is not neces.
sary for.me to state. Recent hives, as
sentsout by Root, embrace the same gen.
eral idea. And now, whilst speaking of
hives, allow me to say, and think I can
do so without presumption, for I have
had much experience, that my advice
just here is worth something, and you
bee keepers and others who expect to 60
into the business may learn q useful
lesson by observing carefully what I am
going to say, and may save yourselves
from much yexation of spirit and maybe
from saying some bad words.
PRACTICAL ADVICE.
My advice then is: Do not undertake
to make your own hives by hand, and
especially the frames and internal ar.
rangements. Go and buy them in the
fat, which is by far the cheapest way
you can get them, cheaper, in fact, than
you can make them at home. SIN the
fat" means the material ready to nail
together. Decide Whist style of hive you
are going to use-whether Quimby, Sim.
plicity, Langstroeh, Gallap, King or
what not, and stick to your text by all
means. Do not have variety of hives
inyour apiary. With;a.pattern to work
from, you can make4the hive proper at
home, as it does not require such nice
fits; but, all things considered, it is bet
ter to buy this, too, made from well sea-
soned timber by machinery and painted,
ready for putting together.
.7r., MARKETING HONEY.
I have had some experience in this
line also, and one of the useful lessons
learned is that buyers are not willing in
our section to pay for anything but
honey, and the cheapest and most con.
venient way you can got to the mar.
ket is the best. Where dealing in honey,
is only an incidental business, you can
sell it to the dealer in a foot.tu or wash.
basin for about as much as if put up in
nice section boxes. In this case they
buy nothing but honey; in the other the
cost of the boxes must be included. The
price in our markets is fixed by producers
in the old gum hive, who, In May aud
june: flood the market. : It, therefore;
becomes the prudent bee-keepsI. to take
off his honey in such shape that hecan
keep it and put it on the market when he
desires. After trying glass jan; ;large
and small boxes with glass sides and in
large and small.aized frames in zboxes
suited to them, and finding lShe ofthe
methods adapted to the waits EoEthe
retailer and consumer, !, havesthis year
tried tin buckets Of different sizes and am
much pleased Herewith. These; buckets
are pints, quarts and. half gallons, three
quarts, gallons aud larger, if desired,
holding from one to ten to twelve
pounds. They have wire balls and
nicely fitting covers, aud when empty
eau be nested or fitted into one another.
They can be bought very cheap at whole
sale. ~
Now the advantage of this bucket ar.
rangement is in, the first instance, to the
bee keeper. who can have his honey
made in boxes on frames, and the bees
will make more in large box than a
small one, and then pack in the buckets,
which he can set away and sell at leis-
ure; in the next instance, to the retailer,
who can supply his customers with any
quantity desired, and, lastly, to the con-
sumer, who can take it by the handle
and carry it home.
The Christian idea of Heaven.
To the genuine Christian who forms,
his views from study of the New Tes..
lament and not from his own imagina.
tions, or those Of others, heaven is q.
faith, and not fancy; country, and: